The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the Republic of Ireland on 29 February 2020.

One year on, we have had a total of 219,592 confirmed cases of the virus with 4,319 related deaths.

Three lockdowns and three waves of the disease later, where are we now and what can we expect from the next 12 months?

We were joined by Paul Reid, Director General of the HSE, to talk about how the pandemic has been managed and Ireland's vaccine rollout.